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29/01/2016EntertainmentComments Off on Springsteen reschedules NYC show after snowstorm, adds dates

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band said Wednesday their New York City show that was canceled because of the recent snowstorm will now take place in March. Springsteen had been set to perform his first of two shows at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. The show was canceled and …

28/01/2016EntertainmentComments Off on Waves, nostalgia wash over ‘Hours’ – Stallone to be feted at Santa Barbara Fest

Waves of water and nostalgia wash over the drenched and drippy “The Finest Hours,” a Norman Rockwell painting tossed into stormy CGI seas. The disaster drama, directed by Craig Gillespie (“Lars and the Real Girl,” “Million Dollar Arm”), is a movie of curious contrasts: an unabashedly old-fashioned and overwhelmingly vanilla …

28/01/2016EntertainmentComments Off on Sullivan gets her groove back – ‘I work really hard on my music’

Search the name Jazmine Sullivan online, and you’re likely to find the name of another powerful vocalist-slash-songwriter: Adele. There are Twitter pleas for collaborations between the two, year-end lists including them both, and perhaps, more often, think pieces that end in questions about why Sullivan doesn’t get as much appreciation …

28/01/2016EntertainmentComments Off on SAG Life Achievement honoree Burnett on her career – ‘It’s her versatility everyone remembers’

LOS ANGELES, Jan 27, (RTRS): On Jan 30, Carrol Burnett will receive the SAG Life Achievement Award for her professional achievements and her humanitarianism. The legendary star of television, stage and film is acutely aware of the roots of both. Show business held out an escape from the impoverished, chaotic, …

LOS ANGELES, Jan 26, (RTRS): He’s no Vincente Minnelli in the visual storytelling department, but no 21st-century filmmaker has a more intuitive understanding of movie-musical construction than Irishman John Carney. After “Once” and “Begin Again” both beautifully unpacked the narrative nature of the songwriting process, he’s back at it with …

LOS ANGELES, Jan 26, (RTRS): Lebanese helmer Assad Fouladkar’s “Halal Love (and Sex)” just received its North American premiere in Sundance, following a gala screening at the Dubai Intl Film Festival in December. The film’s comedic take on issues of love and sex have a specific Middle Eastern flavor, addressing …

NEW YORK, Jan 26, (Agencies): Even with rock ‘n’ roll on the outskirts of popular music today, you can still pass by thousands of garages pulsing with the sharp, guitar-based sound favored by Courtney Barnett and her band. What sets Barnett apart, and earned the 28-year-old Australian a Grammy nomination …